Known here.
A Catholic college in Kilbride where every student is known by name, supported as an individual, and given somewhere they truly belong.
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The heart of St Canice's
Being known changes everything.
A child who is known will risk the question, try the harder subject, and walk back in after a hard day. Belonging isn't the reward for doing well here — it's the reason our students do.
Know every child by name, and never lose sight of who they are becoming.
The PrincipalSt Canice's College
Care here isn't left to chance. It's built in.
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A House & a homeroom
From day one, your child belongs to a House and a homeroom mentor who stays with them — a familiar adult who notices.
Student Life & Houses -
The Thrive program
A wellbeing curriculum through every year level, so resilience and belonging are taught, not assumed.
Wellbeing & support -
Counsellors & a chaplain
Real support close at hand, for the ordinary hard days as much as the serious ones. No one left to manage alone.
Wellbeing & support -
Year 11 walks Year 7
Senior peer mentors meet the youngest students in their first weeks, so care is something students learn to give.
Student Life & Houses
Six Houses. One community.
A place for every kind of student.
Each House gives your child a smaller world inside the big one — friendships that last, older students to look up to, a bit of healthy rivalry, and somewhere that feels like theirs from the very first week.
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Frayne
By the second term, this had become the place I’m from.
Year 9 -
Champagnat
I put my hand up in class now. I never used to.
Year 10 -
Xavier
We turned up for people who needed us.
Year 11 -
Canice
I found the thing I’m good at.
Year 9 -
McAuley
I found my people in the first week.
Year 8 -
MacKillop
My hands finally had somewhere to go.
Year 11
A child we know is a child we can teach well.
It starts with belonging in Year 7, then builds — real breadth by the senior years, extension for those ready to be stretched, and support that follows every student beyond the gate.
- Pathways
- University
- Vocational & VET
- Apprenticeships
This term at St Canice's
Aquinas Scholars place at the National Science Olympiad
Two medals and a commendation — a year of extension in the Champagnat Centre, finding its mark.
Read the storyMercy Day marked with liturgy and service
Student LifeThe College Musical returns to the McAuley
- 12MarCollege Open DayWhole College · 9:00am
- 21MarFounders' Day MassChapel of the Holy Name · 10:00am
College news and stories, to families each fortnight.
Faith you can see on an ordinary day.
The way we know your child has roots — the Mercy compassion and Marist family spirit of our founding schools, carried on quietly today: a House turning out for Mercy in Action, a chaplain who is easy to find, the Chapel at the centre of the week.
Come and meet the people who’ll know your child.
The best way to understand St Canice's is to visit — walk the grounds on an ordinary morning, meet a mentor, and see how a student is held here.
About St Canice’s
A Catholic coeducational college where a strong academic tradition, a living faith and genuine care for every student prepare young people for the world beyond our gates.
Luceat Lux Vestra“Let Your Light Shine” — Matthew 5:16
Seventy years of formation, worn lightly
St Canice's College was formed in 1998 from two founding schools — a Sisters of Mercy girls' college and a Marist Brothers boys' college — and carries a dual Mercy and Marist charism, now led by a lay team in partnership with the Diocese of Carrenford. Our patron, St Canice, was a sixth-century Irish missionary and teacher associated with learning and light — the very idea our motto draws upon.
Today we are a Catholic, coeducational college of around 1,180 students and 150 staff. Our heritage enriches who we are; it is not a backstory a family must decode. What you notice first is the College today — real students, real learning, and a community sure of itself.
A college led with care
Our leaders and staff are referenced by role — a real college shows its own people.
The Principal
Leads the College community and its mission — formed in faith, ready for the world.
Director of Faith & Mission
Holds the dual charism across liturgy, service and pastoral life.
Head of Senior School
Guides senior study, pathways and the Futures Program.
Learning & Pathways
From the Lumen Program through senior ATAR, VET and apprenticeship pathways at genuine parity — scholarship shown as proven, and useful.
The Lumen Program & the Kilbride Journey
Years 7–9 — transition, belonging and formation, named for the light of our motto.
In Year 7, the Lumen Program settles every new student into the College through integrated inquiry, a literacy and numeracy focus, and a strong sense of belonging. In Year 9, the Kilbride Journey pairs outdoor education with an urban social-justice immersion — formation of the whole person, in and beyond the classroom.
ATAR, VET and apprenticeships — held level
Around forty senior subjects plus vocational offerings, with genuine parity of esteem.
University
Breadth of ATAR pathways, strong tertiary offers across medicine, engineering, education, law and the creative industries.
Vocational (VET)
Nationally recognised certificates delivered at the St Canice's Trade Training Centre and with partners.
Apprenticeships
School-based apprenticeships and traineeships that begin a career while a student completes senior study.
The Aquinas Scholars Program
Named for St Thomas Aquinas, patron of scholars — extension, mentoring and academic competition.
Aquinas Scholars are stretched through the da Vinci Decathlon, Olympiads and Mock Trial, mentored by staff in the Champagnat Centre for Science & Innovation. Extension here is never separate from formation — our strongest students are also among our most involved, in music, service and House life.
Enrolments
An invitation to visit first. Book a tour, meet our community, and picture your child formed here — the start of a relationship, not a transaction.
Book a Tour → Enquire → Apply
Book a Tour
See the College in an ordinary day — the Chapel, the classrooms, the Houses.
Enquire
Ask us anything, and we'll send a prospectus and key dates for your child's year.
Apply
Submit an application when you're ready — we'll guide you through each step.
Start with a conversation
Tell us a little about your family and we'll be in touch.
Faith & Mission
A dual Mercy and Marist charism, a chapel at the heart of the campus, and faith carried into action in the world.
The Chapel of the Holy Name stands at the centre of our campus, and of our story. The College gathers here for College and House Masses and feast-day liturgies through the year — Founders' Day, Mercy Day on 24 September, and the Feast of St Canice.
Year-level retreats at every stage give students room to reflect, culminating in the Year 12 Emmaus retreat.
Service, with real hands in it
Mercy in Action
The St Vincent de Paul conference, the soup van and local outreach across Kilbride.
Marist Youth
Remote-community and overseas immersions, led with presence and courage.
Our Community
Families, the parish and the Old Canicians — a community across generations.
Student Life
Six Houses, a strong music program, Saturday sport, the arts and the Kilbride Journey — with wellbeing woven right through.
Named for founders and saints
Each House carries a colour and a patron virtue, and a year-long House points cup.
Music, sport, the arts & leadership
Music
The Schola Cantorum, concert band, string ensemble and the annual College Musical.
Sport
Around twenty sports, weekly fixtures and the swimming, athletics and cross-country carnivals.
Arts & Activities
The Luceat visual-arts exhibition, debating, robotics, chess and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Wellbeing
Our wellbeing framework in three words already lived across the College: Known · Nurtured · Challenged.
Known
House-based pastoral care, Pastoral Leaders and homeroom mentors, a Head of Wellbeing — every student known by name.
Nurtured
The Years 7–9 Thrive program, two College counsellors, a chaplain, peer mentoring and restorative practice.
Challenged
Digital wellbeing and positive-relationships education — being known is where flourishing begins.
Wellbeing at St Canice's is never a clinical box to tick. It runs under everything — House life, the classroom, the Chapel and the co-curricular program — so that care is felt as people and habits, not a policy. Year 11 students mentor Year 7s; the Head of Wellbeing aims to know every new student by March.
News & the Newsletter
Term news and stories from across the College — and our own community newsletter, The Canician.
Aquinas Scholars place at the National Science Olympiad
A team from the Aquinas Scholars Program returned from the National Science Olympiad with two medals and a commendation — the fruit of a year of extension and mentoring in the Champagnat Centre.
Mercy Day marked with liturgy and service across the College
On 24 September the whole College gathered for the Mercy Day Mass in the Chapel of the Holy Name, before Houses turned to a day of outreach with Mercy in Action partners across Kilbride.
The College Musical returns to the McAuley Performing Arts Centre
Months of rehearsal by the Schola Cantorum, the concert band and the cast come together for a four-night season — a College tradition that fills the McAuley theatre each year.
Trade Training Centre apprentices complete first builds
Senior students in the Building & Construction pathway completed their first supervised projects at the St Canice’s Trade Training Centre, held at genuine parity with our ATAR and VET pathways.
The Canician
Our College's own community newsletter — the only Schoolzine product we use — delivered to families each fortnight.
The CanicianCollege Community NewsletterEvents
Upcoming dates across the College — Open Day, Founders' Day, the College Musical and the House carnivals.
- 12MARCollege Open DayWhole College · 9:00am – 1:00pm
- 21MARFounders’ Day MassChapel of the Holy Name · 10:00am
- 04APRYear 7 2027 Information EveningMcAuley Performing Arts Centre · 6:30pm
- 09MAYHouse Cross-Country CarnivalCollege Ovals · all day
- 27JUNSenior Pathways & Futures ExpoFrayne Library & Learning Commons · 4:00pm
Contact
We'd love to hear from you — by phone, by email, or in person on a College tour.
St Canice's College, Kilbride
1 Chapel Way, Kilbride
Diocese of Carrenford
Phone: (07) 5555 1954
Email: enquiries@stcanices.demo
Hours: 8:00am – 4:00pm, term time